July 7, Part 1: Podcasts and iTunes

I. What is Podcasting? Why should we podcast?

II. Overview of the iTunes Store http://www.apple.com/itunes

III. Previewing podcasts and downloading or subscribing

a. Searching for podcasts

b. Sharing podcasts

IV. a. Break into groups to discuss podcasts we listened to, and how podcasts could help students. What makes a "good" podcast? Develop ideas for use and production to put in "Podcasting Ideas"

b. Look at examples done by participants who took the Spring Podcasting Course.

PLEASE fill this out: Preliminary Survey

Apple's Support Site for iTunes (includes guides, tutorials and troubleshooting)

http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/

Apple iTunes Video Tutorials

http://www.apple.com/itunes/tutorials/

Additional Interesting Links and Stuff:

Common Craft: A great place to find simple video explanations of various types of technology
http://www.commoncraft.com/

dotSUB: This is where I played the Common Craft video on podcasting. It has videos translated into different languages.
http://dotsub.com/

BPS Connect: A site we've used that has some podcasts on it. One example is our recent podcast for TST's on 21st Century Learning Skills. We also have postings from the BPS Leadership Conference for Principals and Headmasters.
https://connect.mybps.org/

NPR Climate Connections story on carbon:
This is the very interesting series I found that includes the radio broadcast as well as links to the animated series
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9943298
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/climate/video/

July 7 Part 1